Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 1 (January 2, 2019), pp. 73-78 (6 pages) We report high-precision Mg isotopic analyses of different types ...

Magnesium isotope geochemistry has emerged as a pivotal tool in deciphering Earth’s surface and subsurface processes, particularly in the context of chemical weathering. By studying the subtle ...

In collaboration with an international team of researchers, Michigan State University has helped create the world’s lightest version, or isotope, of magnesium to date. Forged at the National ...

Magnesium isotope geochemistry has emerged as a fundamental tool for decoding the complex pathways of elemental cycling in marine environments. The isotopic composition of magnesium (commonly reported ...

A study of tooth enamel in mammals living today in the equatorial forest of Gabon could ultimately shed light on the diet of long extinct animals, according to new research. The researchers found that ...

Researchers have used magnesium isotopes to determine the temperature at which rocks form, which will allow scientists to better study the formation of Earth's crust and mantle as well as the ...

Attempting to understand how heavy elements are formed inside stars and supernovas, Michigan scientists have created three unusually heavy isotopes of magnesium and aluminum, including one that has ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — You might have thought that scientists had already cataloged the 118 natural elements–from hydrogen to silicon to uranium–and their various isotopes. Unfortunately, only the first ...

Researchers at Michigan State University say they have achieved, if not the impossible, then at least the improbable, briefly creating exotic new versions of atomic nuclei that some scientists thought ...

Nuclear physicists have long been producing new isotopes by trying to cram as many neutrons as possible into them. But there is a limit to how many neutrons that can be squeezed into a nucleus with a ...